Hughes, John Joseph

Life Span
to
Full name
John Joseph Hughes
Place of Birth
Ireland
Burial Place
New York, NY
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
6
No. of Spouses
0
No. of Children
0
Family
Patrick Hughes (father), Margaret McKenna Hughes (mother) 
Education
Other
Other Education
Mount St. Mary's College (MD)
Occupation
Clergy
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Church or Religious Denomination
Catholic (Roman or Irish)
Date Event
Discussing Italian current affairs, Archbishop Hughes of New York defends the Pope and the Papal States
Remarkable gathering of 100,000 New Yorkers in Union Square in support of suppressing the rebellion
In a sermon, Archbishop Hughes of New York blames the Confederacy for the continued bloodshed
Archbishop John Hughes dies in New York City
Archbishop John Hughes is buried in a ceremony at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City
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